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The Monterey is one of the middle of the class ships in the Ticonderoga class of Guided Missile Cruisers. The U.S. Navy designed this class of cruiser as the centerpiece of an air defense ballet that encompasses other cruisers, destroyers and frigates in intersecting zones of defense. The AEGIS detection, control, and attack network is the means of conducting this ballet, and the Ticonderoga class provides this capability in conjunction with all the ships in a surface task group. With the addition of AEGIS equipped, Arleigh Burke destroyers, the Ticonderoga class becomes the master of a multi system defense grid unmatched in any Navy in the world.
With onboard Vertical Launch Systems, she is capable of rapid firing Tomahawk TLAM-D (Tactical Land Attack Missile) against land targets, as well as Harpoon anti-ship missiles against surface targets.
Sea Sparrow SAMs can also be launched from the vertical cells, enabling the the Ticonderoga class cruisers to aid in the defense of the task group.
The Monterey usually finds itself near the center of the task force as one of the capital ships protected by the smaller destroyers and frigates. Through the control of the AEGIS network, she is able to direct defensive measures for the Carrier and other cruisers by controlling all the missiles for her portion of the defense zone, detecting and directing missile attacks against oncoming targets such as cruise missiles or aircraft.
For anti-submarine work, the Monterey has an anti-submarine control center and embarks 2 SH-60 LAMPS III helicopters which allow remote sonar sensing via "dipped" sonar detectors. This aids in extending the detection of underwater targets far from the hull of the ship.
The Monterey can attack with depth charges and rocket assisted or tube launched torpedoes. The Monterey supplements the remote sensing capabilities with her own towed array and sensitive underwater listening and active sonar capabilities.
For close in work, the Monterey also has a 5 inch gun for surface targets, and two 20mm Phalanx CIWS gatling guns for last ditch defense against incoming missiles. Pairs of 50 and 30 caliber machines guns are also employed for surface attack and defense.
Below we list the specifications:
Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser
For More Information, see the U.S. Navy Fact File
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| Builder | Bath Iron Works, commissioned on June 16, 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Displacement | 9516 tons, fully loaded | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions (len x widx draft), ft | 567 x 55 x 23.2 (at keel), 31.8 ft (navigation) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Propulsion | 4 General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 80,000 shaft horsepower total. 2 controllable pitch propellers, 2 rudders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Performance | 30+ knots | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crew | 24 officers, 340 enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The LAMPS III system allows datalink for over the horizon attack on surface vessels as well as prosecution of underwater contacts detected with dipped sonar detectors. The system has radically expanded the ability of its other ships to detect and attack underwater targets, and when operated in conjuction with other prosecutors such as cruisers, destroyers and even maritime patrol aircraft such as S-3B Viking or P-3 Orion, provides for a nearly enescapable for submarine detection. |
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